As some of you know, im a painter at a bodyshop in AZ. A few weeks ago i started working on molding a rep wald spoiler for another member on the forum(silec) on his IS250. I know theres plenty of threads on molding these spoilers but i figured i would document my progress for everyone anyways.

This is how it fit just sitting on the trunk



Starting to grind down the paint to metal to achieve the best adhesion possible

 

Taping off the area around the trunk to keep it a little cleaner and keep the 2 part adhesive from getting on the car.


The adhesive i used to adhere the spoiler to the trunk. Made to use on FRP, which the spoiler is made out of.


Grind down the back of the spoiler before adding the adhesive to ensure the best adhesion possible.



SORRY ABOUT THE CRAPPY PHONE PICS BTW

 

Placing the spoiler on the trunk and clamping it down for a secure fit

 

starting to sand the spoiler down



adding the fiberglass

 

Sanding and shaping the spoiler

 

Adding the duraglass body filler and of course more sanding

 

primered



Final sanded and ready for paint


Also shaved the lexus and is250 emblems on the lower trunk filler panel

 

Might as well fix some hazed out headlights while were at it right?



after wet sanding

 

Clear coated headlights

 

....and painted

 

more fitment pics

 

There you have it guys. Feel free to ask any questions. The whole molding process took about 15 hours total. Pretty much sucked the whole time, although it might have been more tolerable if i weren't in the middle of 115 degree summer haha. I would have added some pics of the whole car with it all done but I wanted to leave something for silec to post about his own car haha. So everyone expect silec's pics to be up soon! Thanks for looking

 

Looks good bro and well documented for others to see your craftsmanship and dedication to your work

 

Looks good!

 

drew did an awesome job molding the trunk.